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Way back in 2011, I said the Louisiana Swashbucklers “are a consistent force in indoor football and that, as the professional sports face of Southwest Louisiana, they are in it for the long haul.”  And, boy was I wrong.

So…that happened.  That being McNeese State football coach Mike Collins, the team’s defensive coordinator and assistant head coach, jumping ship for Southland Conference rival Sam Houston State a mere month after the Cowboys’ Spring …

Ok, fine. Consider me drawn out.  Months ago, I proclaimed in this very spot that I would not waste anymore words on That Quarterback from Florida. You know the one.

Welcome to Ask-A-Sportswriter, the portion of the program where you, the reader, gets to ask yours truly whatever and your humble sportswriter will answer to the best of his abilities.

A couple of weeks back, I was tasked to write a short paragraph re-introducing myself to you, dear readers. In it, I mentioned my years of experience as a sportswriter, my favorite sports teams, and so on. One clarification from that blurb I would like to make: the best high school football …

I’ll admit that I wasn’t feeling too inspired in the early going of the column-writing thought process this week.

I think I ought to tell you something. When it comes to baseball, I’m one of those guys.

The maxim goes something like this: the sun is hot, water is wet, and Southwest Louisiana girls basketball teams win championships.This year is no different.

Dear Houston Astros fans, I apologize in advance for the historically terrible season your team is about to have in its first year in the American League.

You may have heard over the course of the past couple of weeks some funny sounds coming roughly from the east. It sounds, alternatively, like laughing, cheering, and accordion music. Depending on the wind. And you may have smelled something akin to either baking bread or wine coming from roughly …

And we’re back!Though it’s slightly more than a week since New Year’s Day, I thought I might share some of my New Year’s resolutions with everyone.I don’t generally believe in making resolutions this time of year because, like most people, I tend to forget about what I resolved to do around …

Well, just when you thought the Bowl Championship Series and the college football postseason couldn’t get any more terrible, it went and got more terrible…er.There Oklahoma was, minding its own business while it won five of its last six games, when out of frickin’ nowhere comes Northern Illinois …

If there’s one rule in sports journalism that all journalists should know, should have encoded into their DNA, it is this: There is absolutely, positively no cheering in the press box.None.It is one of the first things, if not the very first thing, most sports editors tell their cub reporters …

Well, it looks like football season is coming to a close, for the most part.McNeese, despite its recent winning streak, has to win out the rest of the regular season and hope for some serious help nationally to get into the playoffs with three losses. It’s possible (before, I said it wasn’t, but …

I’m just going to come right out and say it.Something must be done at McNeese State to return the Cowboys football team to its glorious past as a football powerhouse because, at this point in time, “powerhouse” is one of the last words that come to mind when referring to McNeese football.It is …

Halloween is my favorite holiday, bar none.I suppose it appeals to my morbid side, what with all of the ghouls and goblins and buckets of blood. I read a lot of Stephen King growing up—and still do.And I suppose, if I could, I’d turn my own home into one of those haunted houses they’re always …

It’s over. At long last, it’s over.The National Football League has finally, after weeks of outrage and public embarrassment stemming from the use of replacement referees, ended its lockout of the officials union and agreed to a new eight-year labor deal.To paraphrase a quote from one of my …

Pardon me if I seem a little bit excited this early in the McNeese State football season.It’s only been two (three, at publication time) games, one of which was against a Division II also-ran that a couple of years ago didn’t even have a team mascot.So, it might seem a bit premature, but it looks …

Ah, September in Louisiana.Nothing marks the beginning of high school football like oppressive heat, mosquitoes and hurricane scares, am I right?But, you know what, it’s okay, enjoyable even, to sit out in the stands flop-sweating like Albert Brooks in front of a television camera and fending off …